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so.................last night I camped out on ds2's bedroom floor......

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popsycal · 02/02/2007 19:01

he probably woke about 20 times between 7 and 7
but he did not get out of his cot (with the side down) and he did not get a feed

a small success
reapeat plan this evening

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popsycal · 06/02/2007 20:04

I have a target of me being in my own bed with him sleeping most of the night by the time he is 2.......only one month to go,....

I think he will do it though!
I am putting him to bed awake now. And tonight he even asked to be covered up - though he threw the pillow at me shouting 'no more'.

You know, he is sooo gorgeous. Bloody good job !!!!

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popsycal · 09/02/2007 17:09

after one minor wake up at around 10pm, he slepth til 5:20 this morning.....
wearing 2 pairs of pyjamams and the heating on all night,,,,,
pray tonight please!

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aDad · 09/02/2007 17:14

i have lurked on this thread once or twice so kind of followed. Very impressed with your determination and great that it is paying off for you! Good luck!

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popsycal · 09/02/2007 20:17

thank you
I hope it continues to go slowly but surely.......
Was going to try CC tonight if had nto been working but am going to continue like this for one more week
hope that i won't need to go more than a few days
crikey
it has been a long haul

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popsycal · 12/02/2007 13:58

well we are at stalemate
grrrrrrr

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aDad · 12/02/2007 15:28

no but you're doing better than you were when you wrote the OP no? waking 20 times then. If he's waking a lot less then I would say you are moving in the right direction. So stick at it?

once again good luck. Hope you get a breakthrough night...

piglit · 12/02/2007 15:39

Oh popsycal - I really feel for you. Ds2 (1.3) and I were about to go into battle (me on blow up bed in his room) but I've got a stinking cold and cough that keeps me awake and makes me cough about a zillion times each night. I've put it off til next week when I'm better but I'm dreading it. I just know that ds2 will win the CC battle so I'm trying the gently gently battle and have been inspired by your efforts. How many times is your ds waking at night now?

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popsycal · 12/02/2007 19:27

well
he has been funny for the last few nights...had a bit of a tempertature and I think he has a minor ear infection judging by the cack exuding from his ear. Nice,
He has been in good spirits today and did not want a nap.
for the last 2 nights he has been really unsettled in the evening but the 'night' (ie when I am in bed) have been pretty good.
2 nights ago - dreadful evening - but think he was in pain. then did not wake til 5:20 then up for the day at 6
last night - unsettled in evening; slightly restless around 2am ish then woke at 4:30 briefly then awake at 5:50

yes - loads better than before......

It has been almost 2 weeks now....I ant my bed back!
waaaah!

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MonkeyBear · 12/02/2007 22:38

Hello Popsycal - I am fairly new to MN, but have read quite a few of your threads. So many of them I could have written myself - although I wouldn't wish the nights we get on anyone, I was relieved to find he's not the only one. DS2 is another March 05 baby and has never slept well, he hates being covered up and so gets cold in the small hours, but for all that he is a little monster at night he is absolutely adorable during the day .

I have tried cc (he was able keep screaming for up to 3.5 hours!, after 3 weeks seemed to be getting a bit better but then he got chicken pox and I haven't had the heart or the energy to do it since then), co-sleeping (he wriggles too much for me to get any sleep), gradual withdrawal - partial success have now got to the stage where I can put him in bed and leave the room and he'll go to sleep. I did think things would improve once we'd got this far, but he's actually been worse since then - he's already woken three times so far this evening. Most nights he wakes at least 6 times and it's often more that that.

A few weeks ago, he actually slept through 3 nights in a row (completely out of the blue) - I really thought we'd cracked it, but sadly it didn't last.

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popsycal · 13/02/2007 12:13

I am both sorry and pleased that you March baby is the same as mine!!!! we are not alone!

Well
I don't know what to do next. Again, the evening was badm but the night not so bad. He woke at about 4:45 and screamed and woke everyone up
But I was determined that 6am is the earliest getting up time.
He was restless through the night but never really woke properly.

He is becoming increasingly reliant on me lying in his room. It is nearly 2 weeks now. I can't lie on sofa cushions for ever. I know, though, if I went back in my own bed, I would not get through the night without bringing him in the bed. I can't go back to that, or night feeding.
Not sure what to do

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MonkeyBear · 13/02/2007 17:36

I know what you mean - I really want to get things sorted but don't know how to go about it. DS2 is also most unsettled earlier on in the evening and seems to have worn himself out by midnight so manages to sleep a bit more soundly (still woke 3 times between 12 and 6).

I did spend a lot of time lying on the floor next to his bed but am now back in my bed for most of the night. I usually go in his room when he wakes at 6 ish for his milk, because if I lie next to him he will go back to sleep til 7.30 when DS1 usually wakes up (am v.v.v.v lucky that DS1 (4) is a fantastic sleeper!).

The only real improvement I've seen recently is that he goes back to sleep fairly easily each time he wakes. I am now just hoping that sleep is something he will grow into - my brother (DS2 reminds me of him in many ways) didn't sleep well until he was 2.5, so perhaps DS2 will follow him in this.

DS2 has had eczema in the past, and although it seems to be under control, he does still have very itchy skin. He does also often seem snuffly at night. I am wondering whether it would be worth keeping a food diary to see if there is anything that makes it worse/better, and push for a referral for an allergy test.

It can only get better!

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popsycal · 13/02/2007 17:49

sounds so like ds2!!!
i just know that if i go back in my room, i will give in around 3am

argh

i am at work for the next 2 days and unsure what to do for the best
still i am off next week for half term...so maybe wait til then
grrrrrr

also just disciovered this evening that he has two teeth right at the back that have just broken through the skin - this may explain the slight relapse maybe
who knows

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MonkeyBear · 13/02/2007 22:00

I blame teething for a lot of things! Not sure if teething really can go on for months with no teeth actually appearing - but he does have two really swollen lumpy bits of gum at the back (just waiting for the last four molars to come through).

I think my trouble is that although I know it is all probably attention seeking and I should just ignore him, I just can't bring myself to ignore his cries because there's always the possibility that there is something wrong (e.g. he's quite often wet the bed because he keeps putting his hand in his nappy and pulling his willy out )

He's also been in a bed (with bed guard) for at least six months now (hated his cot with a passion) so if I leave him too long he gets out - but rather than coming to get me, he goes into DS1's room and bellows at him instead (actually, I don't think either of them realises I share a bed with DH because they never see me asleep in there!)

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popsycal · 14/02/2007 19:35

again
unsettled evening
then awake at 3:30 til 4:40 grrrrr
then woke at 5:50

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popsycal · 17/02/2007 16:23

LAST NIGT i put his cot mattress on his bedroom floor
not a squeak til 3:30
then he woke for the day at five

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misdee · 17/02/2007 16:24

oh pops. i have given up. dd3 needs her bed now really, but cant get a mattress for a week or two. so am stuck really, so each night she climbs out of her cot into my bed.

Gobbledigook · 17/02/2007 16:32

God Popsy, how do you do it?

I'd be really evil mummy and just ignore him. I really would. I could not be arsed to get out of bed and I certainly wouldn't be sleeping on the floor.

You deserve a medal. I wouldn't be so patient.

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popsycal · 17/02/2007 17:14

oh i am not patient
you should have heard me bawling my eyes out a few nights ago
if i leave him, he screams and screams and wakes everyone

saying that, he seems to have got over the screaming phase in the last few days

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popsycal · 18/02/2007 18:49

well
I thikn he kind of slept through last night
I say kind of as I went out and had a few too many drinks....
DH says he did not wake at all in the evening.
I heard him at around 4am-trailed into his room, but by the time I got there he was asleep.
I coudlnt find the energy to go back to bed so lay on the floor next to him and he woke at about 5:45
Daren;t predict tonight but feel pretty positive. He has not had a nap today....

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popsycal · 18/02/2007 21:14

keep your fingers crossed
and anything else that is crossable

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soph28 · 18/02/2007 21:31

well done- you are doing really well!

TBH I agree with Gobbledigook- I have just ignored mine between 11pm and 6am from an early age unless they were absolutely starving!

DS is a March 05 baby too!
Aren't they adorable atm!

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popsycal · 18/02/2007 21:53

oh god - ds2 is soooooo lovely. This has to be my favourite age: 18 months to around 2 nd a half.

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popsycal · 19/02/2007 07:53

he did it!!!

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